To say the new Power Rangers movie is a gritty reboot of the tv series is kind of a given – since just about anything would feel like a gritty reboot of a show made for hyperactive five year olds. … Continue reading
Also saw CHiPs, a movie theoretically based on the old 70s cop show. I say theoretically because this movie is hot garbage that takes the name and the setting and then proceeds to be both a generic cop movie and … Continue reading
Life is the new sci-fi/horror film about astronauts investigating a life form brought back from Mars. Predictably, things don’t go well. Unpredictably, the movie takes itself very seriously and has a mind towards real science. Unfortunately, it doesn’t realize it’s … Continue reading
The Belko Experiment is the other new movie released this weekend – call it major hail-Mary counter-programming to Beauty and the Beast. It’s got a premise that’s devious and sick and could make for a good movie… American workers at … Continue reading
The new Beauty and the Beast live-action remake of the 1991 Disney original is a remarkably good film. I suspect it’ll be a better movie if I see it again without having to constantly compare and predict how it’s different … Continue reading
Checked out The Shack, a flick that sounds like a generic scary movie but is really an impressively crafted faith-based film. Based on a popular novel, it tells the story of a man whose daughter is murdered and is then … Continue reading
Also caught up on the 2016 Jackie, which stars Natalie Portman in an Academy Award nominated performance as Jacqueline Kennedy. Very good performance in a pretty mediocre film. Set immediately before, during, and at various points within a couple … Continue reading
Checked out Kong: Skull Island the, derp, latest King Kong flick. The general feeling is: it’s ok. It’s alright. It gets the job done but not without much flavor or brilliance. You can take it or leave it. Which is … Continue reading
Checked out Table 19, a new comedy starring a lot of good, funny people who should have known better. Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow, Craig Robinson, Stephan Merchant,June Squib and a couple others play characters invited to a wedding out of … Continue reading
Checked out Logan, the latest – but certainly not the most typical – X-Men movie. As you may have heard, this is a tough R rated Wolverine movie with graphic violence and swearing. This is, I think, a great example … Continue reading